Biographies

Mr. Hemant Kanoria is Executive Chairman of the Board, Managing Director of SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd. He has over thirty four years of experience in industry, trade and financial services. He has held the position of Chairman of National Committee on Infrastructure of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (“FICCI”) and is also Council Member of Indo-German Chamber of Commerce. He is the former President of the Calcutta Chamber of Commerce and former member of Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta and Member of Regional Direct Taxes Advisory Committee, Government of India.

Mr. Rakesh Bhutoria is Chief Executive Officer of the Company. He is an Engineering & Management Graduate and an alumnus of London School of Economics and Political Science and University of Oxford - SAID Business School. Mr. Bhutoria has also served as an Independent Director on the Board of Banyan Tree Bank Limited, Mauritius and chaired Key Board committees over a 3 year tenor. Mr. Bhutoria has around 25 years' experience across the financial sector in India and Middle East. Mr. Bhutoria has been a Senior Banker with in-depth experience in building teams I businesses across India & Middle East. Mr. Bhutoria started his career with ICI India Limited and prior to joining the Company, Mr. Bhutoria was the Group EVP & Head - Commercial Banking & Strategic Initiatives at IDFC Bank, where he was instrumental in building a profitable Commercial Banking franchise with an all India presence. Mr. Bhutoria has led Large Corporates segment, Mid-Caps, MNC, SME, CV & ECM businesses. Mr. Bhutoria has actively led bank wide initiatives as a Steering Committee Member in the run up to the launch of Banking Operations at IDFC Bank. Earlier, Mr. Bhutoria spent 14 years as Managing Director with Standard Chartered Bank covering Corporate Banking and Corporate Finance functions in India and the Middle East.

Mr. Sunil Kanoria is Non-Executive Vice Chairman of the Board of SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd. A Chartered Accountant, he has more than twenty six years of experience in the financial services industry. He is presently the Director (Senior Vice President of the Managing Committee) of The Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India (ASSOCHAM), Member of the Central Direct Taxes Advisory Committee and a Governing body member of the Construction Industry Development Council (CIDC).

Mr. Sandeep Kumar Sultania has been appointed effective on 5th July, 2018. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Sultania is a Chartered Accountant, Company Secretary, Cost & Management Accountant and Master in Business Finance (MBF) by qualification. Apart from holding Master's degree in commerce, he also holds Diploma in Infonnation and System Audit (DISA). Mr. Sultania started his career with Ideal Financing Corporation Ltd. and prior to joining the Company, Mr. Sultania was the Chief Financial Officer of BKM Industries Limited (fonnerly Manaksia Industries Limited) where he headed the profit centre operations and was responsible for designing effective plans & strategies to achieve business objectives and ensure growth in top line and bottom line profitability.

Mr. Balaji Viswanathan Swaminathan serves as Additional Non-Executive Non-Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Balaji Viswanathan Swaminathan is a Bachelor of Commerce from St. Xavier's College. Further, he is a Chartered Accountant, Cost & Works Accountant and an alumnus of Harvard Business School. Mr. Swaminathan's professional career spans three decades in various leadership roles in the domain of finance and consultancy. Having played a key role in establishing global consultancy firm KPMG's presence in India, Mr. Swaminathan was actively involved in the listing of various Indian companies on US stock exchanges. As the CFO of ICICI Bank, Mr. Swaminathan had been instrumental in overseeing the merger of ICICI Bank with ICICI Ltd. As head of the corporate banking of ICICI Bank, he spearheaded the bank's transformation from a project finance institution to a commercial bank. Mr. Swaminathan's subsequent stints at Standard Chartered Bank and Bank of America saw him getting active in corporate and investment banking which resulted in expanding the client base of these institutions across geographies in South and South East Asia. As President - International at Westpac Banking Corp. Asia, Mr. Swaminathan has overseen the Bank's footprint expansion across Asia and global markets like Europe and America. In addition, Mr. Swaminathan has been advising different companies across multiple sectors in various capacities. Mr. Swaminathan has also previously served on various boards including JSW Steel Ltd., McLeod Russel India Ltd., Firstsource Solutions Limited etc. He is a Board Mentor to Critical Eye, a US based organization.

Dr. Tamali Sengupta is Additional Independent Director of the Company. Dr. Tamali Sengupta has over 32 years of experience in the legal field and is a specialist in transnational legal transactions in media, real estate development, insurance and infrastructure. She is a widely published author and is a Fellow of the Centre of International Legal Studies at Salzburg. She is the Principal or T. Sen Gupta & Associates, a corporate law practice based in New Delhi , which provides advice on corporate law, entertainment law, int ell ectual property, insurance, project Jinance, corporat e governance, and privati zation. Dr. Sengupta also has extensive experience in international joint-ventures, collaboration and licensing agreements, mergers and acquisitions. She has represented Indian companies in joint-ventures overseas and in relation to joint-ventures in India with multinational corporations. Dr. Sengupta has extensive experience in the structure of projects implemented under Project Finance and on foreign participation in the privatization of infrastructure. Sectors worked on include roadways, railways, ports, power and township development, both in India and overseas. She has wide experience in negotiations and drafting documents for privatization projects and has dealt with various forms of contractual agreements for project finance, including inter alia, Concession agreements (BOT, BOOT, BOLT) as well as EPC & O&M Contracts.

Mr. Shyamalendu Chatterjee is Non-Executive Independent Director of SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd. He has over forty six years of experience in Commercial and Investment Banking. He was the Executive Director of Axis Bank Limited, Mumbai. He has extensive exposure in the area of International Banking having worked in SBI, London for three years and in Washington D. C. for five years. He has expertise in the areas of Corporate Finance, International Business, Retail Banking, Project Financing and Balance Sheet Management, among others.

Shri. Srinivasachari Rajagopal is Non-Executive Independent Director of SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd. He has more than forty one years of experience in the banking industry. He is the former Chairman & Managing Director of Bank of India and Indian Bank.

Dr. Punita Kumar Sinha serves as Non-Executive Independent Director of SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd. Dr Punita Kumar Sinha, a Doctorate from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, has over twenty three years of experience in asset management in international and emerging markets. Dr Sinha served as a Senior Managing Director of The Blackstone Group LP and Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of Blackstone Asia Advisors L.L.C. She was also the CIO and Senior Portfolio Manager of the NYSE listed India Fund Inc. and Asia Tigers Fund Inc.

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